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WO1998014860A1 - Systeme pour communiquer des sensations - Google Patents

Systeme pour communiquer des sensations Download PDF

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WO1998014860A1
WO1998014860A1 PCT/NL1997/000547 NL9700547W WO9814860A1 WO 1998014860 A1 WO1998014860 A1 WO 1998014860A1 NL 9700547 W NL9700547 W NL 9700547W WO 9814860 A1 WO9814860 A1 WO 9814860A1
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Christine Karman
Mark De Rooi
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Sense Technology B.V. I.O.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/016—Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B21/00—Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute
    • G09B21/001—Teaching or communicating with blind persons
    • G09B21/003—Teaching or communicating with blind persons using tactile presentation of the information, e.g. Braille displays

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  • the invention relates to a system for communication of feelings with a computer.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a system of the kind referred to in the introduction, wherein the transfer of physical feelings or physical tactile sensations when communicating with of through computers is possible in a relatively simple manner.
  • the invention provides a system for communication of feelings comprising at least one computer, a sensor array for detecting touch by a user and delivering sensor signals, an actuator array for delivering physically perceptible taction signals to a user, and a control unit, which links the sensor array and the actuator array to the computer, which control unit converts the sensor signals into taction signals capable of being processed by the computer, which indicate at least the location of the sensor (s) being touched, and which converts taction signals received from the computer into control signals for the actuator (s) , which are present at the location in the actuator array which is indicated by the taction signals.
  • a system wherein a user can deliver taction signals to the computer by touching one or more sensors, whilst taction signals received from the computer can be converted into physically perceptible taction signals by one or more actuators.
  • the computer is suitably programmed this makes it possible to feel an illustration displayed on the screen, as it were.
  • the user can furthermore take part physically as one of the illustrations on the screen, as it were, because the tactile sensations can be transferred via the sensors and the actuators .
  • the system comprises two or more computers which are connected to a network, wherein each computer comprises a sensor array for detecting touch by a user and delivering sensor signals, an actuator array for delivering physically perceptible taction signals to a user, as well as a control unit, which couples the sensor array and the actuator array to the associated computer, wherein the computer comprises means for converting the taction signals emanating from the associated control unit into network taction signals intended for one or more computers, as well as means for converting network taction signals received from the network into taction signals for the associated control unit.
  • Fig. 1 is a strongly simplified block diagram of an embodiment of the system according to the invention, wherein the sensor array and the actuator array are combined in a sensor-actuator assembly.
  • Fig. 2 is a strongly simplified plan view of the sensor-actuator assembly of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic sectional view of one sensor-actuator pair of the assembly shown in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the control unit of a computer from the system shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a strongly diagrammatic view of an alternative embodiment of a sensor-actuator pair.
  • Fig. 1 very diagrammatically shows a system for communication of feelings, wherein two or more computers 1 are connected to a computer network 2 , for example the
  • a sensor- actuator assembly 3 is connected to computer 1 via a control unit 4.
  • Control unit 4 may be in the shape of a separate apparatus or as a plug-in card, which is mounted in the computer.
  • An array of sensors and an array of actuators are joined in sensor-actuator assembly 3, wherein said sensors and said actuators are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns as sensor-actuator pairs 5, as is diagrammatically indicated in Fig. 2.
  • a switch means 6 is added to each sensor-actuator pair, which connects the sensor 7 or the actuator 8 of a pair 5 to the associated row and column wires 9, 10, which are connected to a common row connecting wire 11 and a column connecting wire 12 respectively.
  • Sensor-actuator assembly 3 is connected to control unit 4 via said connecting wires 11, 12.
  • Computer 1 runs a programme, possibly in combination with special hardware, which converts the signals from control unit 4 into information for transmission via computer network 2, or which converts the information from computer network 2 into taction signals for control unit 4.
  • Computer 1 may furthermore include suitable software and/or hardware, by means of which the taction signals are converted into visual and/or auditive signals, which are processed in a usual manner by computer 1 in order to produce images and/or sound.
  • Control unit 4 may also consist of two separate parts in this case.
  • the separate units or the assembly 3 are preferably integrated in a flexible membrane- like carrier. It is possible to make an article of clothing from such a carrier, so that the touching of the sensors 7 can take place on a selected part of the user's body.
  • the above-described system in not only suitable for transferring tactile sensations from one user to the other, but it may also be used for communication of feelings with one computer 1.
  • said computer 1 is provided with suitable hardware and/or software, which converts taction signals into graphic illustrations and/or which converts graphic illustrations into taction signals.
  • This enables communication of feelings, for example when playing computer games or the like, with the player who participates in the game as one of the players.
  • the computer in such a manner that textual information is converted into taction signals, which form corresponding braille signs, so that text can be made legible for blind people. In this manner blind people can furthermore feel graphic illustrations, as it were.
  • Fig. 3 takes place by an excitation current which causes pin 15 to move up and down, as a result of which a stronger stimulus is transferred to the user.
  • the actuator 8 shown in Fig. 3 merely serves as an example.
  • Fig. 5 very diagrammatically shows an alternative actuator in the shape of a pair of electrodes 23, whereby a physical stimulus is obtained by generating a tension between said electrodes 23.
  • the same electrodes may function as sensors 7.
  • the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, which may be varied in several ways within the scope of the claims.

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Abstract

Un système permettant de communiquer des sensations comprend au moins un ordinateur, un ensemble de capteurs, qui détecte le contact d'un utilisateur et délivre des signaux de capteur, un ensemble d'actionneurs, qui délivre à un utilisateur des signaux de contact physiquement perceptibles, et une unité de commande, qui relie l'ensemble de capteurs et l'ensemble d'actionneurs à l'ordinateur. L'unité de commande convertit les signaux de capteur en signaux de contact pouvant être traités par l'ordinateur, qui indique au moins l'emplacement du/des capteurs touché(s), et convertit les signaux de contact reçus de l'ordinateur en signaux de commande destinés aux actionneurs qui sont présents à l'emplacement de l'ensemble d'actionneurs indiqué par les signaux de contact.
PCT/NL1997/000547 1996-10-04 1997-10-01 Systeme pour communiquer des sensations WO1998014860A1 (fr)

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